Ingrid Burke Friedman

Mar 25, 2025 | jurist.org | Ingrid Burke Friedman

A group of academic associations filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the administration of US President Donald Trump of pursuing an illegal “ideological-deportation policy” targeting non-citizen students and faculty who participate in pro-Palestine protests.

Mar 20, 2025 | jurist.org | Ingrid Burke Friedman |David Crane

1. The author, a former UN war crimes prosecutor and founder of the Global Accountability Network, argues that as the UN faces erosion and irrelevance amid major power conflicts, the Global South must unite to champion its founding principles... The United Nations (UN) has stood for nearly eight decades as a bastion of hope for international cooperation and peace.

Mar 18, 2025 | jurist.org | Ingrid Burke Friedman |L. Ali Khan

The author, founder of Legal Scholar Academy and an Emeritus Professor of Law at the Washburn University School of Law, argues that discriminating against international students in matters of free speech violates constitutional principles, international human rights standards, and academic equity... The First Amendment is the crown jewel of the United States Constitution, which is in danger of being pulled out of the crown.

Mar 18, 2025 | jurist.org | Ingrid Burke Friedman

Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare public rebuke of President Donald Trump on Tuesday after the president called for the impeachment of a federal judge who blocked deportations under a controversial executive action invoking a centuries-old wartime law. Last week, Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to order the immediate apprehension and deportation of Venezuelan nationals allegedly affiliated with the Tren de Aragua criminal organization.

Mar 11, 2025 | jurist.org | Ingrid Burke Friedman

The author, a Professor Emeritus of Law at Purdue University, argues that sovereignty in world politics is fundamentally driven by humanity's fear of death and quest for immortality, creating a dangerous dynamic where states engage in violence against "others" in a misguided attempt to achieve power over mortality... Human beings rarely participate in world politics directly, but they do get involved as individual members of separate sovereign states.